Gonzalez takes charge of a business with years of falling revenue - as well as a run of promising crowdfunding successes.
Childres founded Cephalofair in 2014 to self-publish his first game, Forge War, and subsequently struck huge success with his fantasy co-op campaign designs Gloomhaven and Frosthaven.
About a month ago, users of the crowdfunding platform, BackerKit, received an email about an opportunity to invest in the company. Most didn’t know what to make of it. Some thought it was a scam and moved on. But as of today, even before the ‘equity crowdfunding’ campaign becomes available to the general public, the company has already raised more than $1m from their customers - both backers as well as creators.
Tabletop games-focused crowdfunding platform Gamefound has upped the pressure on industry heavyweight Kickstarter thanks to a stellar 2023 which saw it bag the biggest board game fundraise of the year.
BackerKit has officially launched its bid to take on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, after capping off a year of beta testing with the huge success of Gloomhaven's Grand Festival on the platform.
BackerKit's bid to take on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has scored a major success after Gloomhaven publisher Cephalofair passed $2m for its first campaign on the platform.
